"This volume represents another outstanding contribution of the International Migration and Development Research Program, an effort I strongly supported from its inception and which established the World Bank's intellectual leadership in an increasingly important area. Analysts and policy makers will find that the studies presented here constitute an excellent basis for improving migration policies and enhancing their development and poverty alleviation impact."
James D. Wolfensohn
Chairman, Wolfensohn Capital Partners
Former President of the World Bank
"International migration, long considered an exotic subject, has finally become a significant phenomenon on the world stage. This is an important volume by two of the most influential researchers on the subject. It addresses with considerable insight the key issues that the phenomenon raises. Policy makers and research scholars alike will profit from reading it."
Jagdish Bhagwati
University Professor, Economics and Law, Columbia University
Author of In Defense of Globalization
"Migration has become a global phenomenon of utmost importance for the further development and well-being of mankind. This volume collects a find blend of articles providing rigorous emperical and policy analysis from all over the globe. The new global migration database and contributions on development, host country policy, and return migration will capture the attention of a hungry generation of scholars in migration, labor, and development."
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Director of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn,
Professor at Bonn University
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